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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “philosophizer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

31 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
philosophizer3216261(None) 
philosophize31163271philosophize_
philosophized33152661philosophized
philosophizers33161961philosophizers
philosophizes32143391philosophizes
philosopher21153592philosoph__er
philosophies22154542philosophi_es
philosophise22164132philosophise_
philosophised24162902philosophised
philosophises23144152philosophises
philosophe20103773philosoph__e_
philosophers22143303philosoph__ers
philosophes21134433philosoph__es
philosophic2363713philosophi__c
philosophical2562593philosophical
philosophizing34101693philosophizing
philosophising2591684philosophising
philosophy23133054philosoph___y
nonphilosopher24171225nonphilosoph__er
philologies1747205philolo_gi_es
philosophically3072355philosophically
phlogopite1853135ph_logop_ite_
phlogopites1953075ph_logop_ites
phosphide2065255ph__os_phide_
phosphides2175365ph__os_phides
phosphine19106505ph__os_phine_
phosphines20116405ph__os_phines
phosphite1997125ph__os_phite_
phosphites2087045ph__os_phites
photocopier2066495photocop_i_er
theosophies1984445th_eosophi_es

Search took 10 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911247900.500357382.0
2DLD Change Limit124790318.50014681.2
3Display Results31310.0161937.5
 (SQL Overall)178691319.01619819.3
 
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